Satah Mountain East
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Satah Mountain | |
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Elevation | 1,921 metres (6,302 feet) |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Range | Pacific Coast Ranges |
Prominence | 419 m |
Coordinates | |
Topo map | NTS 93C/07 |
Type | Volcanic field |
Age of rock | Holocene |
Last eruption | Unknown |
Satah Mountain is a volcanic field, located 35 km northeast of Nimpo Lake in central British Columbia, Canada and areas to the south form a N-S-trending chain of pyroclastic cones of Pleistocene and Holocene age.
[edit] Geology
Satah Mountain east occupies the high point of a long ridge of trachytic lava domes and flows and basaltic and trachybasaltic pyroclastic cones extending south from the felsic Itcha Range volcanic complex. The youngest cone is well preserved and could be of comparable age to the 7200-year-old Nazko Cone east of the Itcha Range. Most late-stage lavas capping the Itcha volcanic complex were erupted from cinder cones, tuff rings, and fissures in the eastern half of the complex. Like most volcanoes in British Columbia, it is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, that includes over 160 active volcanoes.